NFL analyst: Chances of Cowboys making the Super Bowl are not hopeless with 'championship caliber' QB Tony Romo

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NFL analyst Chris Mortensen joined Galloway & Company on KESN-FM 103.3. Here are some highlights:

On
the chances of the Cowboys making the Super Bowl next year:

“It
doesn’t look hopeless. We don’t know. You don’t know who’s going to emerge. Who
won the NFC East this year? The Redskins. Who predicted the Redskins would win
it? We don’t know. If the Cowboys had not lost four defensive starters, maybe
they would have had a better shot. I’m anxious to see what happens next year.
You have a new defensive coordinator, is that the answer? Can Rod Marinelli do
his thing up front? How good is DeMarco Murray going to be if he can play a
full season? Is Dez Bryant really going to jump into that class of elite
receivers? I already think Tony Romo is a championship caliber quarterback. I
thought he played great football for the Cowboys.”

On
Tony Romo’s contract:

“I
don’t know that he gets it done this year. It just depends how Tony feels about
it. What is he content with? Where is his contentment? Is he going to do like
(Joe) Flacco and say you know what, I’m rolling the dice? Well, there is a
difference here. Joe is 28 and Tony is how old? Flacco is going to be the
highest paid quarterback in the NFL when this contract gets finished and then
Aaron Rodgers will leap frog him. I don’t necessarily see Tony getting into
that $20-21 million a year frame. To me, it just depends on Tony’s contentment.
Would he be content with $17-18 million a year? I don’t know that I would be
content.”